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"This particular activist will not stop." Sen. Chris Murphy
Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net economist, 🇨🇳, policy research. this is for display purposes only. 🧸 contact: robertmarchini1993 at gmail. 🏳️🌈 they/them. new jersey resident. https://skymarchini.net/
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social Arkie. Anti-Dirtbagist. President & CEO, Pulaski Institution. Columnist & Contrib. Editor, @LiberalCurrents.com
Words: @thebulwark.com, @ms.now, @foreignpolicy.com, @theunpopulist.net
Writing a book (Broadleaf)
Go Knicks
He/Him
Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social Senior Correspondent at Vox covering the crisis of global democracy. Author of The Reactionary Spirit, a book on that topic, and a '25-'26 distinguished visiting fellow at the University of Pennsylvania's Perry World House.
David Roberts @volts.wtf I run a newsletter/podcast called Volts about clean energy & politics. Subscribe & join the community at http://volts.wtf!
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
Mikhail Gorbaechev @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social Once a Reverend of the Avocado kind. The General Secretary is dead, long live the General Secretary.
post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social mostly politics. some Seahawks.
Normal Man.
oh and one more thing
you aren’t going to like
what comes after America
Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social Policy Professor, Ford School, University of Michigan.
Irish immigrant. Administrative burdens guy.
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social Deputy editor at Foreign Policy, China nerd, gaming nerd, reads a lot. Never again a country without consequences.
James Ball @jamesrball.com Political editor @ The New World
Opinion @ The i Paper
Fellow @ Tech Policy Press
Fellow @ Demos
PhD researcher @ UCL Laws
newsletter @ techtris
Latest book: The Other Pandemic – How QAnon Contaminated The World. 🏳️🌈
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Tim Heidecker @timheidecker.bsky.social Tour, On Cinema at the Cinema, Office Hours, find it all and more at linktr.ee/tim.heidecker
Rob Bowley @robbowley.net Product & Tech Leadership Advisor, Consultant, Coach & Mentor
Tech, Software Development, Science, History, Economics, Politics
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https://pragmaticpartners.co.uk
Manchester, UK
Jon Ayre @jonayre.uk I've been an engineer, software developer, architect, director & CTO. Now I'm a hands-on consultant doing business and tech strategy. Creator of the business evolution map. Father & Husband. It WILL go wrong & it CAN be fixed. He/him.
hatwell @hatwell.bsky.social it's hatwell! you know, hatwell from twitter!!!!! hiya!!! this is not me skeeting in a work capacity of any kind.
Agile Manchester @agilemanc.bsky.social 12-13 May 2027 | The North’s practical, hands-on event for Flow, Lean and Agile practitioners
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social I make ontologies for the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. An odd job and not one I would have chosen for myself
Neil Vass @neil-vass.com Helping software teams work well together
Paul D'Ambra @pauldambra.dev gives a whole new meaning to the term "spaghetti code"
Leading a bunch of teams @posthog.com
ex @coopdigital @footclicksus
swears too much, draws rubbish diagrams
(he/him/his)
https://pauldambra.dev
Nic Fox @foxnic.bsky.social Researching harmed & missing children w/ ML+NLP (“AI”) + more.
Ex IT worker.
Papers + preprints:
* https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2024.2333561
* https://doi.org/10.1080/30679125.2025.2612199
* https://doi.org/10.21428/cb6ab371.524bcce2
Claire Reckless @clairereckless.bsky.social Engineering Manager, Tester, occasional public speaker
Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social Lead Interaction Designer at NHS England. Generally designing, prototyping, coding & problem solving. Often drinking a disproportionate amount of tea in rainy Manchester.
Tekin Süleyman ☕️ @tekin.co.uk He/Him | Ruby & Rails consultant | Git wrangler
Founder of @jointogether.online co-operative
Organiser of @nwrug.org
tekin.co.uk
Manchester, UK
Vimla Appadoo @thatgirlvim.bsky.social Co-Founder of Honey Badger. Trustee of diversityuk. Board member at Greater Manchester LEP. Podcaster. Keynote Speaker. Won some awards.
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MartinDotNet @martindotnet.bsky.social Observability Evangelist, DevRel @honeycomb.io, Microsoft MVP and #OpenTelemetry contributor.
I talk on stage about o11y and otel stuff... basically.
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Staff Engineer at [REDACTED].
I am not on The Internet.
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James Lewis @jameslew.is 👋 Hello! UK based cofounder at lemon.co • financing platform that helps SaaS teams close bigger deals by offering their prospects flexible monthly payments for annual & multi-year plans
Next.js • Tailwind • product • marketing • SaaS • fintech 
Phil Wolstenholme @wolstenhol.me Lead front-end eng @CoopDigital. Interested in the web (front-end, #a11y, performance), environment, bikes (everyday/utility) and science. @philw_@hachyderm.io
Fernando @ftoresh.bsky.social I help SaaS companies use product usage data to improve their retention rates • I run Silicon Mingle, a monthly tech networking event
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Dot Net North @dotnetnorth.bsky.social Dot Net North has been connecting #dotnet developers in Manchester since 2011! Join our monthly in-person meetups for insightful talks, networking, community events, and more!
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Oli Newsham @scarylooking.dev Sweary dev. Co-organiser of Dot Net North. Obsessed with rocks. Perpetual Lord of Misrule. 🏳️🌈
⚠️ All opinions are absolutely and irrevocably those of my employer. Especially the spicy ones.
Kevin Rutherford @kevinrutherford.bsky.social ✔️ Autistic / monotropic
✔️ ADHD / kinetic
✔️ Mathematician / software developer (retired)
Fairly opinionated about all three.
Macclesfield, UK.
Imran Rashid @imranrashid.bsky.social Azure Technical Trainer @ Microsoft | MCT | Founder AzureCrazy.com | Blog at cloudbuild.co.uk | #Microsoft #Azure | Views are mine
Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social A big chunk of my life is made up of working in quantum technology and going to gigs. Occasionally I talk about those things here.
Ben Wilson @gtb3nw.bsky.social Platform Engineer | Manchester
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Gareth Powell @gmmapowell.bsky.social One of the few who recognize the total and complete pointlessness of life.
Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io Maker, breaker and fixer of software. Adventures in #appsec and #agile: beny23.github.io he/him
Jonny Burch @jonnyburch.com Designer and product-er. Ex founder progression.co (acq Sep24). Working on my skeets
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foundupnorth.com
Martin @martinrue.bsky.social 🙋🏻♂️ I build things on the internet
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📍 Thailand
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Sam Phillips @samsworldofno.bsky.social Principal engineer in HealthTech. Startup tech advisor, former founder and CTO with 3x exits. Interested in everything, currently coding in Ruby, TypeScript and Golang.
ambitionisgood.com/sam
Manchester, UK
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Rick Garner @rickgarner.bsky.social Software architect at BrightHR. Microsoft MVP. Runs DotNetNorth meetup for Microsofties in Manchester, UK. Likes whisky and cider, meteors and thunderstorms. Hats too. Ex-theatre spark & tub thumper. Hearing broken, aids fitted.
Manchester Digital @mcrdig.bsky.social Manchester Digital is the trade body that represents Greater Manchester’s most forward-thinking and progressive digital and tech companies.
Rick Ogden @rickogden.com Music lover, beer enthusiast, guinea pig owner and software engineer & architect. Opinions aren’t necessarily mine and are likely to change.
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Cloudwater Brew Co. @cloudwaterbrew.bsky.social Independent, modern beer from Manchester, UK
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Discontinued Foods! @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social Your home for all those culinary delights, anomalies, and misfires that live on only in our memories...Still slowly but surely migrating over the over 1,000 foods I covered on Twitter, so if you don't see a favorite here yet, stay tuned!
Stan Kelly @kartoonistkelly.bsky.social Legendary Editorial Cartoonist for The Onion for over 50 years.
"The Most Powerful Name in Cartooning" (TM)
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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social classically trained artist.
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Sage Deviant 🏳️⚧️ @trans.bsky.social artist, writer, tech alchemist. goth cyberpunk riot doll.
please use alt text.
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——
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——
merch👩🎤: transgender.gay
Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com staff writer, @newrepublic.com // author, A WOMAN IS AGAINST THE LAW (2KTK, @littlebrown.bsky.social) + PLAYING THE WHORE (Verso)
// melissagiragrant.com
» melissa@melissagira.com
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Micah @rincewind.run Recovering forum poster, politics doomer, basketball nerd. I write code for a living. He/him. Views entirely my own.
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Roxi Horror 💀🌸 @roxiqt.com Extremely online internet gremlin, writer & raccoon enthusiast 💜 @roxiqt on TikTok 🦝 roxiqt.com ✨ she/they 👻 frightaboutnow.com 🌻
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net Rhymes with "rock." Comics writer, filmmaker, photojournalist. SUPERNATURAL, PLANET HULK. He/him. @comixaction.com Call your reps (reps.fyi). Stop posting on X.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social civilian drone technology and GIS/spatial data consultant, journalist and writer, monitors small drones in the Ukraine war, humanitarian-aid adjacent, always annoying online. they/them pronouns. read my newsletter: https://little-flying-robots.ghost.io
Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team i'm the most RESPECTFUL transsexual journalist in the world™
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katea.gay
she/her
people i've turned trans: 265
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social Molecular biologist from Texas, here to share my meanderings on nature, science, history, politics, and zombies. Long threads a specialty.
emily sunshine @threnody.northsky.social fiction writer • roommate to 2 cats with rich interior lives • parmesan enthusiast • interrobang evangelist
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Rav @rvbdrm.com Master Fitted-Sheet Folder | 🇬🇾 🇨🇦
Followed by Jerry
mastodon.social/@rvbdrm
Profile: A brown man wearing a tuxedo.
Banner: “Marked safe from explosive diarrhea.”
the postes @rem.bsjky.team
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Abra / Jessica Conwell, Random Trans Woman 🏳️⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼👻 @pairofclaws.bsky.social Author of books beloved by attractive people with good opinions | Forest Creature Cluster | Chicana | Demi | She/Her | Jessica is the author, Abra is the person
Books: https://linktr.ee/jessicaconwell
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ᗩTᒪᗩS TᗩᒪOS 🌈 @atlastalos.bsky.social I'm going to die in Portland because I can't live anywhere else.
Founder of @studiometropolisinc.com
https://linktr.ee/atlastalos
jon rosenberg @jonrosenberg.bsky.social extremely alive cartoonist. I won an award once • http://amultiverse.com • http://goats.com • http://patreon.com/jonrosenberg • http://linktr.ee/mrjonrosenberg • he/him
jj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social yells in the band daddy’s boy // part of flaming hydra // member: tja, iww fju // union YES // another world is possible if we can get it together
Riley Black 🏳️⚧️ 🦕 @restingdinoface.bsky.social Bronto-queen, big cat, best-selling and award-winning author of The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, When the Earth Was Green, Tyrant Lizard Queen (out October 27), and Megatooth. 🔞 she/they/it. Skreeonk. rileyblack.net
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Posts written in a kind of obsolete vernacular.
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Shared Brain - they/she/he/I/my/we/our in a constant superposition
Commissions & Shop: https://moxiest.art
✨trash✨ @dollarpbr.gay the sea hates a coward
they/he
Big Natural Resources @dagnificent.bsky.social Union-proud award-winning cartoon swiss army knife. Aspiring race traitor. More hyphens than sense.
AuDHD (AFAB/Agender) She/They/Any
Portfolio: http://dagnificent.neocities.org
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AF the Virologist @afthescientist.bsky.social Virologist, PhD, collector of hobbies & plants, 🏳️🌈, 🐈⬛, currently in career & prof dev for scientists, AuDHD & hypermobile, she/her
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τreez 🌲 @zoetreez.bsky.social ur fav green haired Artist 🌲
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grace @acab4cutie.top “[grace is] the internet equivalent of when a child gets left in the woods and they find it completely feral years later”
“lesbian mr. rogers”
“chaos muppet”
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illumi @yallchemist.bsky.social award losing artist
non selling author
dad
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Adam P Knave @adampknave.com Eisner & Harvey award winning editor and writer of comics, prose, and other stuff. Bi chaos gremlin. Lives in Portland, OR with a cat named Pants. Irrationally stans Winnipeg. He/Him https://www.adampknave.com/
ApocalypticaNow @apocalypticanow.bsky.social I've been online for 100 years. I believe in people power. I want us all to do better.
She/her. Phillyish. Crone-age. So so late.
Zoe Tunnell, from Comics @zoewithasword.bsky.social (She/her), trans lesbian
Comic writer
Written for Marvel, BOOM, Titan, Tiny Onion, IDW, 2000AD, Mad Cave, and Dark Horse.
Rep'd by @desir.ee
Work: zoetunnellwrites@gmail.com
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